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This is a continuation (Book #7) of the series that follows Chapter 28 of Starting Over by TheDoctorMulder. The Doctor duplicate (but don't call him that) and Rose continue their adventures of just living their very unique, everyday life with one another, family, children, friends and bodyguards. The Doctor has taken on the role as leader of several things, is it too much? Rose is learning to accept her life as the Bad Wolf/Rose. Sex, fluff, adventure.

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Chapter 1 – Summus, and the Hangover

The Doctor rubbed his head as he walked into the control room of the ship. Legate stood at the controls. He turned and looked at him, then laughed out loud. "Shit. You look like hell. How much did Summus give you to drink?"

He groaned. "The room is spinning. Damn that Quauhtin."

Legate doubled over laughing. "He's bad about that. He thinks everyone can keep up with him. Let me guess. Hebridan?"

He collapsed into a chair and held his head in his hands. "Yes. I've never been this bad. Legate. I might just stay here until we get home."

"Better you than me, mate. I can't drink that stuff. How much did you have?"

The Doctor closed his eyes and laid his head on the back of the chair. "Talk about something else. Please. I beg you."

Legate pressed a few buttons and continued to laugh. "Well, I just need the word and I can get us into the queue to get home. Everyone is here that should be. I just sent Logan back down. Ress came up before the party. Ashena has put us to the front of the queue whenever we want to leave. She said you would be anxious to get home to Rose."

He crossed his arms and leaned back with his eyes closed. "Oh, she is so right. The word is given. Get us home. Don't alert anyone we're getting to come home early. I want to surprise Rose."

He smiled, "Sure thing. We should be there before morning."

A smile slowly spread across his face. "Brilliant. How is Logan's head?"

"He's fine. A bit of ice. I told him it would be a good idea to wear Tony's bracelet even there."

He didn't open his eyes. "It's not a bad idea. I need to have Tony make Lewis another one."

"Did it fall off in the accident?"

"He had taken it off. I still don't know why."

Legate nodded, "Strange. Huh. Oh, Tony said that your patient woke up."

"Really?" He seemed to come back to life as he rose his head and looked at Legate.

He nodded, "He sure did. But, you are probably too toasty –"

"Ah, hell. I can walk down there and see. Thanks, Legate."

Legate laughed as he watched him leave. "And good luck finding your way down there, mate."

The Doctor held his head as he walked down the hallway. Everything danced in front of him. He stopped and hung onto the wall. He closed his eyes and groaned. "Oh, this is bad."

He took a deep breath to steady himself.

Pete Tyler walked down the hall laughing. "There you are. I've got you, son. Legate rang me and said you probably needed a hand." He put his arm around his shoulder and helped him back to his room.

"I need to go see that boy."

"You need to go lay down. You are in no state to see anyone." Pete laughed.

"Pete, I'm really not bad."

"My back would disagree with you." Pete groaned.

They arrived at the Doctor's suite and Pete helped him to his bedroom. He lay down and groaned. "Oh, I hate Summus the Quauhtin."

Pete laughed as he took off his shoes. "Oh, you think you hate him now, wait until you wake up."

His face was mushed into the pillow. He closed his eyes. "I can't even dump this shit. What the hell did he give me drink?"

Pete pulled off his jacket and took off his tie. "There's no way to know. Just go to sleep. You'll feel like shit in the morning. I'll have some medicine ready for you. No aspirin. I know about that."

He lay across the bed and groaned. "Hebridan, my ass. Hebridan doesn't do this to me."

Pete laughed as he turned off the light and left the room. "Good night, son."

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Lance and Rose sat playing Peducko. It was late at night and Rose sipped her tea.

Lance smiled at her. "You have gotten really good at this game."

She smiled, "I can't wait to show the Doctor."

"Remember our deal. We'll play all of them together for a bit-"

Rose laughed, "I remember. I can't wait. Thank you, Lance."

He smiled back at her. "You are very welcome, Rose." A look came over his face that Rose had seen across the Doctor's face many times.

She sipped her tea. "And what are you hearing on your police scanner?"

He looked back at her and laughed, "John is drunk off of his ass. Legate is laughing about it."

She seemed to listen and then nodded her head. "He's asleep. He's….oddly….absent. Wow." She covered her mouth. "I've never felt him this bad. Wow."

Lance laughed with her. "Yeah, Summus is a bad man to drink with. You drink as much as he does, forgetting you are ¼ of the size of him."

She smiled. "I can see that being a problem."

He gathered the cards back together and put them to the side of the table. He stood up and asked, "Another tea?"

She shook her head. "I'm alright. Thanks."

He nodded and took a bottle of water out of the fridge.

"Not drinking?"

He shook his head and smiled. "Nah. I need to keep a clear head. Especially, if John is down now."

She giggled, "I can't believe he did that. It must have been a hell of a party."

"That's the reports I'm getting." He smiled and sat back down.

"Lance. I want to thank you. These past few days have been…. Well…they would have been so much worse had you not been here."

He shrugged his shoulders. "Just doing my job."

She shook her head. "You were doing so much more than that. I don't know what instructions John left you with, but you really made me feel as if I was safe. At all times, even though he was a million miles away. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it."

He kissed her hand. "It was my pleasure, Rose." He dropped his hand and pointed to her. "You need to go to sleep. It's late. I imagine you are relieved to have some time to just to be around the house tomorrow. Is there anything you would like to do before John returns?"

She shook her head. "I can't think of anything. I'm looking forward to sleeping late tomorrow."

He smiled. "I'll bring you tea when you wake up. Just tell John, and he'll tell me. I'll go relieve Poltious with Samuel. Although, I think Jackie has him." He listened in his head. "Yes. Jackie has him. She says you need to go to bed."

Rose stood up and groaned, "Of course my mum says that. Good night, Lance."

He smiled, "Good night, Rose."

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Hours later, the Doctor woke up and rubbed his face. He sat up, slowly. On the bedside table was a note from Pete. "Water and medicine. Feel better, son."

He smelled of the medicine and then took it. He lay back and held his head. "I hate you, Summus."

He could feel the speed of the ship and the pull of the planets around them.

He reached out and felt for Rose. She was sleeping peacefully. He tried to enter her dream and she was in such a deep sleep that he couldn't. He sighed, "2:34 am. Good. We'll be there before she wakes up."

Rolling over slowly, he got out of bed. He went to the bathroom and splashed water on his face. He looked in the mirror and groaned. After a quick shower, he was feeling somewhat better. He dressed in a pair of jeans and a grey t-shirt. He ran his hands through his hair and groaned, thankful that the medicine seemed to be working.

He pulled on his socks and walked to the med bay. He found it quiet, with only the sound of the telly playing. He slowly walked into the room and found Tony still sitting in the chair, reclined back and watching television.

He looked at him as he entered the room and laughed, "Shit. Summus did a number on you, man. You look like shit."

The Doctor exhaled slowly as he leaned against the wall. "Ugh. Feel like shit. He woke up?"

The little boy lay on his side facing Tony, sleeping peacefully.

Tony nodded his head and turned down the television. "Yeah, he's a neat kid. His name is Velt and he's from some place called…. Now I'll get this wrong so don't hold me to it. He's from a place where there is one moon, made of water. It's blue in the sky. But the planet is a desert, and has gold sand."

He put his hands on his hips. "Arion. Nah. That's not right. People there don't look like him. Damn. How did he get out here?"

Tony shook his head. "He lives on a ship. He said his father was…. Hell I can't remember. It sounded like Anus."

He laughed, quickly regretted it and grabbed his head. "I'm sure that's not it. What else did he say?"

"He's 9 years old, and he wants to see a planet with water. He's not allowed off of his father's ship and doesn't know how he got to Andromeda. He knew of Lewis the Primus, but not you."

"Well, Lewis is a Legend. Everyone knows him here."

"Really? He's just Lewis."

He shook his head. "Oh, the things you don't know, Tony."

"Well, I think that's it. He's interested in you. Being a Primus and all. Why is that such a big deal? Everyone pisses themselves when you tell them that."

He smiled, "It's a…. thing. Don't worry about it."

"Right. Well. Go sleep it off. I'll stay here with him."

He groaned and held his head. "Right."

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Rose woke up and felt the breeze from the ocean blowing her hair around her face. She lay on her side, warm in the silk sheets. She stretched her arm to feel of his pillow and instead felt someone's head lying next to her.

She opened her eyes and saw that the Doctor was lying in front of her on his side. He seemed to be in a deep sleep. She ran her hand through his hair as he slept. She remembered the night before he left when he asked her if she could make him ginger. She closed her eyes and continued to play with his hair as he slept. When she opened his eyes, she saw that she had turned his hair the most beautiful shade of orange. It looked so odd on him that she couldn't help but to laugh under her breath.

He didn't open his eyes. "What are you laughing at, woman?"

She ran her hand through his hair and it returned to its normal color. "Nothing, Baby. I'm so glad you are home."

She felt his hand on her hip. He kept his eyes closed, "Me too. I've missed you, Rose."

She caressed his face, "You feel sick. Are you alright?"

"Hung over. Summus is a very, very bad man."

She giggled, "Worse than Howie?"

"So much worse. Rose. I think I'm close to regenerating. My head is killing me."

She moved closer to him and kissed his forehead. As she held her lips to his head, she could feel the pain coming off from it. She imagined the pain melting away. She kissed his nose and whispered, "Is that better?"

He moved his hand to her bum and still didn't open his eyes. "Oh, I'm so glad to be back with you."

She rubbed his chest, feeling his discomfort and imagining it melting away. She noticed yellow light danced above the duvet. Maybe it was the light coming in from the open windows.

She felt he was beginning to feel better and moved her hands down to his waist. He had lain down with her only wearing his pants. She pulled down his waistband and teased the hairs his pants covered.

She whispered, "How are you feeling?"

He smiled with his eyes closed, "So much better. Thank you, Rose."

She playfully teased him through his pants, feeling him getting harder with each touch.

"How long have you been lying here suffering?"

"Not long."

"You should have woken me."

"You were sleeping." He insisted without opening his eyes.

She rolled her eyes at him as she palmed him through his pants. "Next time, wake me. Don't be in pain."

He smiled, "Yes, ma'am."

She told him quietly, "I like your alien pants."

He smiled, "Be honest. You like what's in my pants, more."

She giggled and pulled down the waistband. He felt her began to kiss his neck as she ran her fingertips down his bum. He felt the sensation that she had done to him before begin to work on the area between his legs. It felt as though she had him in her mouth, sucking and stroking his stiff member, all at once. He held her tightly. "I love waking up like this."

She whispered to him, "How long do you think you can enjoy this?"

He didn't open his eyes. "Oh, I'm glad to be home."

She pushed him over on his back, lay on top of him and kissed his lips. He kissed her clumsily back, but the pleasure of the sensation between his legs, continued to make him pant. Sweat beaded up on his forehead. "Oh, that feels so…. Deep."

"It's alright?" she whispered to him.

"It's brilliant. Yes." He told her quietly.

Rose smiled, feeling how much he was enjoying what she was doing. He took a deep breath and spoke a few words to her. She felt him remove her knickers just as she started to climax. She was unable to continue to concentrate on his pleasure and it stopped. He rolled her over and began to kiss her neck as he slipped inside of her and thrust.

"Oh, what are you doing?" She asked.

He could feel she was enjoying herself. He unbuttoned the oxford that she was wearing and teased her chest with his fingertips as he continued to thrust, twisting his hips. She cried out, and he quickly muffled her cries with his kiss. She held onto him tightly, remembering how he had told her once that she had caused his brain to completely stop working. Just as she had this thought, she couldn't think of anything else. Overcome with the satisfaction of being back in his arms, the comfort of being warm in the silk sheets, the joy of feeling his love for her, and the enjoyment of what he was doing to her was all too much to process.

She lay in the silk sheets and tried to catch her breath as he lay down next to her and continued to tease her chest with his fingertips. She looked over to see his eyes looking at her and a smile on his face. "And good morning."

She returned his smile. "Welcome home."

He leaned over and kissed her again, rubbing her breast as his tongue danced with hers. He rubbed his nose to hers and lay down next to her, his sweaty forehead against her own. His thumb caressed her cheek as he looked into her eyes.

She laid her leg across his hip and ran her fingertips across his back. "Baby, I've missed you."

He smiled, "I'm home. See, right here in your arms. And you are safe."

She whispered, "What time is it?"

"Time to take a shower. I'll wash your hair." He told her as he started to kiss her again.

"You can wash all of me if you like."

He didn't stop kissing her and mumbled, "Oh yes, I would like that."

She giggled as he rose up. "Do you want to go for a run this morning?"

"No. I'd rather stay here and see if you can get my heart rate up again." She teased him.

He smiled like a loon. "Yeah? Again?"

"Could you?"

He thought and nodded his head, "I need…. 8 minutes."

She laughed and pulled his face down to meet his lips with her own.

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Freshly showered, the Doctor and Rose were getting dressed in their huge closet.

"You don't have anything to do today, do you?" he asked.

She pulled on her dress and shook her head. "No." She walked over to him and pulled her hair away from the back. "Could you zip me up?"

He had just pulled on his jeans and buttoned them. "Zip you up." He repeated as he leaned down and kissed her back. She giggled, "We're never going to get downstairs at this rate."

His lips moved up her back and kissed her neck. "I don't care. I want to stay up here, all day with you."

She turned around and rubbed his bare chest. She noticed the love bit. "And this?"

He looked down at it. "And that we need to talk about. The other night. Rose, I knew that felt…. Well…."

"Normal." She finished his sentence.

He nodded, "Here, turn around. I remember biting your back that night. Let me see."

She turned around and he unzipped her dress. He didn't say anything for a bit while he looked.

"Well?" She asked.

He zipped her back up. "Oh, it's there. Rose. That's…."

"Weird."

He smiled and shook his head. "Amazing. Wow! You've figured out a way we can make love in our sleep! A billion miles away from one another. Just….. wow!"

She giggled at him as she watched him walk over and pull on a t-shirt. "I mean, and it was good, too. Right?"

She crossed her arms, "Now, why do you even ask me that?"

"Well, yeah. I mean this morning was better. But, that-"

She pointed at him, "What did you do? You and your words?"

He smiled like a loon. "You are being all…. Booga. I decided to cheat a bit."

She covered her mouth. "Booga? That's your word?"

"Booga. Yeah. You don't like talking about it, but oh…. Rose I love it." He told her dreamily. He walked over and wrapped his arms around her. "I thought the…thing…you do was the best, but wow. The other night…. That's just…."

She smiled, "What?"

He was at a loss for words. He smiled and shook his head as he thought. "Wow. That's all I've got."

She laughed and held him. "You are speechless. Whoever thought that happened?"

"I enjoy what you do so much, but it's not all about me. You need to experience pleasure, and I want you to have as much as I can give you."

"So, you are cheating…with the words?" She teased.

He nodded, "And there's an entire vocabulary, my dear. Just a bit at a time. I don't want your head to explode."

"It honestly felt close to it this morning."

He smiled proudly, "Good huh? You might have been mirroring what was going on in my head. Imagine, a billion voices, all chatting back and forth through all of time and space. And then, something just….muffles them into silence. The only thing I can feel in that moment is you. Your love. Just your …. Everything. It's as if everything completely stops, and all there is in my head, is you. The beginning and the end of everything. You."

He kissed her lips quickly and walked over to grab his trainers.

She covered her mouth and blushed. "Wow."

"Damn right, wow." He told her as he sat on the bench and put on his trainers.

"That's….rather…."

"Brilliant." He insisted.

She giggled, "Overwhelming."

He nodded, "Yeah, I can see that. Oh, I love it."

She put her hand on her hip, "But, Baby."

He groaned, "And here is the 'but, Baby…'"

"You told me that you have to have that running through your head."

"No. He has to have that running through his head. Not mine. But, it's there."

"So, I'm not….mucking up the universe-"

He smiled warmly at her, "No. Well, as long as you don't go off and snog him."

She giggled, "I wouldn't do that."

He smiled at her. "Nah, there are things he can do to prevent that. I don't have to worry about it anymore."

"I really have no idea how I did that."

"Did what exactly, Rose?"

"When you were in my dream. Are you sure?"

He stood up and nodded. "I'm certain. Tell me, when you got up the next morning. Didn't it feel…like…"

She thought, "It did."

He kissed her hand. "See. I could taste you in my mouth. Well. Not that, but your …. oh…I need to do that more."

She rolled her eyes. "You do just fine."

He smiled and held her, "I love that taste in my mouth. We need to go downstairs, but can we slip up here later?"

She smiled, "A secret meeting."

He looked her up and down. "Yes, just you and me. Just…. Oh, do we have to go downstairs?"

She kissed his lips quickly, "I'm agreeing to this secret meeting. And, it doesn't have to be in this room."

He nodded and bit his lip in his excitement. "Alright. You pick the place. I'll bring my words."

She laughed, "Better idea."

"What's that?"

"Bring your tongue."

He smiled and put his hand on his hips as she turned and walked out of the closet. She stopped in the doorway and laughed, "Are you coming?"

He seemed to return to reality. He pointed at her. "I'll bring it. Yes! It's a date!"

She laughed as he put his arm around her and they went to the lift. They stepped inside and as the doors closed, he quickly reached over and pressed the button to stop the lift. He grabbed her face with both of his hands and snogged her. She held him tightly around his waist.

'You have it bad today.' She told him as they kissed.

'I have it bad every day. Let's go back upstairs.'

'They've already rang for us!'

'To hell with upstairs. Let's just do it here. What do you say?'

She looked at him. "What are you not telling me? You are never this bad."

He smiled and shook his head. "I just missed you. That's all." He leaned over and turned back on the lift. She wasn't convinced.

"There's something."

He rolled his eyes. He held his hands in front of her and waved his fingers. "Grey area. Wooooo. Woman, you are so suspicious."

She felt his playful mood and laughed with him.

The lift dinged and the doors opened. They walked hand in hand into the sitting room. Legate was playing "keepy uppies" with Tony Tyler, Genie and the boy from the ship. Their laughter filled the room.

Tony Stark, Poltious and Lance were busy in the kitchen with Lewis. Lewis was leaning against the cabinet and eating bacon out of the frying pan.

"Well, hey! They did make it down!" Tony said loudly as they walked into the room.

Genie stopped playing and ran to greet her Daddy. She jumped into his arms and kissed his face. "I missed you!"

He laughed, "And I missed you."

Rose pointed at the new boy. "And who is this?"

Genie smiled, "That's Velt! He talks a bit funny."

The Doctor scolded her. "Imagine what you must sound like to him."

Tony laughed and spoke with his terrible British accent, "Yeah, Gene. You need to learn to speak properly before you tease someone else."

The Doctor sat Genie down. "You're one to talk Uncle Tony!"

He laughed at her. "Cheeky!"

The Doctor held Rose's hand and they walked into the kitchen. Lewis crossed his arms and smiled back at Rose. "Am I still off duty?"

She smiled as Lance handed her a cup of tea. "Of course you are. I told you five days, not four."

He groaned. "Alright. Well, fine. I'm going to take my off duty bum over here and set it in a chair."

He walked slowly to the large table and collapsed into a chair. He watched the children and smiled.

Rose shook her head. 'He's better?'

The Doctor nodded, 'It's a process.'

Lance handed the Doctor a cup of coffee. "And I guessed this would be what you would want."

"And you are right." He sipped the coffee and nodded, "Oh, that's good. Perfect, Lance."

Tony smiled as he walked over to join Lewis at the table with own coffee. "Lance does make a good cup of Joe."

Rose walked over to the children and spoke to Genie.

The Doctor and Poltious sat down at the long table and sipped their drinks.

Lance brought over a plate of bacon he had finished and put it in the center of the table. "And some greasy meat to fed your hang over, John. I hear Summus did it to you."

The Doctor leaned up and took some of the bacon. "Hebrian. I seem to remember there were two bottles."

Lewis shook his head, "Damn. Better you than me, mate."

Tony asked, "What color was it?"

"Green."

Lewis asked, "The sort that smoked?"

"Only this morning." He said and sipped his coffee.

Lance laughed, "Yeah. I've had that one. Only once. Never again.

They looked back at the children playing with Legate and Rose.

Rose laughed and walked back to the table. "Velt is sweet."

Tony shook his head. "He is not. He is rather intelligent."

Rose put her hand on his shoulder. "Relax. I didn't mean it the way you thought. Is this an American/British thing?"

Tony rubbed his face, "Maybe it is."

The Doctor looked over at the children. Velt was wearing a pair of brown trousers and a long, black t-shirt. "Where did his clothes come from?"

Tony sat back, "Him and Jacob Shepherd at the same size. The shirt is mine. Well, his now."

Rose asked, "Where did he come from?"

Tony tossed some of the bacon in his mouth. "That's what we need to talk about. We need to get him home."

"Trouble is, I really don't think he's from where you said he's from." The Doctor insisted.

Tony held out his hand. "Well, hell man. There he is. Ask him. Velt? Could you come over here for a second?"

The skinny boy ran over to Tony. "Yes?"

Tony pat the chair next to him. "Have a seat. John and Lewis have some questions for you."

He looked apprehensive at them and then looked back at Tony. He smiled warmly. "I'm right here. I'm not going to let them bite you. Besides, they are all Quauhtin. Well, except for Rose."

Velt looked back at Tony and whispered, "Is she a princess then?"

The Doctor smiled back at Rose.

Tony nodded. "John would say yes to that. Anyway. Park it." He pointed to the chair next to him.

Velt sat down and grabbed Tony's hand. Rose covered her smile. She was moved at how Tony's presence seemed to keep the boy calm.

The Doctor smiled at Velt. "So, did you see the ocean?"

Velt smiled, "Yes. There is a lot of it here. Tony took me down to the…. What did you call it?"

He sipped his coffee with his free hand. "It's a beach. These guys all live here on this island."

Velt nodded and looked at Tony. "You don't live here?"

Rose stood up and walked to the kitchen. "He should, as much as he's here."

Tony smiled at her, "I love you, too."

The Doctor watched Rose walk into the kitchen. He was completely distracted from the conversation.

Lewis asked, "So, what is the name of your home?"

"Arion. Some people call it Arionus."

"You just have, one sun?"

The boy nodded. "How many should I have?"

The Doctor watched Rose walk back over to Genie, kneel down in front of her and hold a drink as she sipped from it. He rubbed his face as he watched her walk back into the kitchen and make another cup of tea for herself.

"John." Poltious said, bringing his attention back to the conversation.

"Sorry. I was…..distracted."

Tony grinned at him and pat Velt on the shoulder. "Go play with the kids. It's alright."

He got up and ran back over to children playing.

Lance laughed, "I have to say, John. You look a hell of a lot better than Legate described last night."

He leaned over, grabbed some bacon and tossed it in his mouth. "I think he exaggerates a bit."

Legate laughed, "Right, John."

Lewis crossed his arms and laughed, "Nah. I heard it from Pete."

Rose walked back over to the table. "Dad saw you?"

Lewis smiled, "Pete took him to bed."

Poltious laughed, "He was legless."

Tony grinned, "Trashed."

The Doctor rolled his eyes. "I knew what I was doing."

"Yeah. You have good sea legs because you live on an island. That boat I got you for Christmas must be helping!" Tony teased.

He sipped his coffee and rolled his eyes.

Rose walked back over to the kitchen to get something out of the fridge. He watched her, not paying attention to the conversation.

Lance begin, "Well, I suppose we need to contact Arion, and tell them we have one of their children here. It would help if that was closer."

Lewis shook his head. "No. There's no way he's from there. He doesn't look like them. Something doesn't line up with that. Besides, Arion?"

Lance nodded his head, "I agree."

Tony asked, "How far away is it?"

The Doctor continued to watch Rose in the kitchen.

Lewis explained, "Pretty much, the other side of the galaxy. It would take several weeks to get there with John's ship at 100%"

Tony shook his head. "He said he's not allowed off of the ship he was on. How did he get here….well, to Andromeda? That doesn't make any sense."

Lewis shrugged his shoulders, "Kidnapping. Run away. Who knows why children do what they do."

"And stuck by lighting? John says there isn't even lighting on Andromeda. I'm not buying it." Tony looked back at Velt. "This wasn't his fault. Someone did this to him."

Lance sipped his drink. "What makes you so sure?"

"When he first woke up, he asked if he was my prisoner. Why would his thoughts go straight to that? I'm telling you. Something happened to this kid."

The Doctor continued to watch Rose. Tony rolled his eyes and called to him, "Isn't that right, John?"

The Doctor nodded, not taking his eyes off of her. "Yeah."

Tony threw his hand in the air. "Well, he's worthless today."

Lance laughed under his breath.

Rose walked back to the table and picked up the Doctor's coffee. He watched her as she returned to the kitchen and made him another cup.

Lewis sat back. "We'll get to the bottom of this. I'll go to-"

The Doctor pointed at him, "You are off duty. Rose's orders."

Rose returned and sat his coffee down in front of him. He pushed the chair he sat in back, grabbed her and forced her to set down in his lap. "And you. Sit down. You are doing too much and I can't think."

She smiled at him and kissed his lips quickly.

Tony groaned, "And this has taken a gross turn. I'm telling you. Do not contact anyone until we know more about this kid. I don't want to summon someone who is just going to hurt him, again."

Lewis nodded his head. "We do need to gather more information before anything is decided."

Tony nodded his head and held his hand back to the Doctor and Rose. "And they are worthless at the moment. It's completely up to us, guys."

Lewis looked back at the Doctor and Rose, who were looking at one another and giggling.

Lewis rolled his eyes. "Give them a bit to get out of the love bubble. We'll revisit this."

Tony stood up, "Right. I need to go wake up Pepper. I'm headed home. Velt, stay here with John and Lewis-"

Velt ran up to Tony and asked almost in a panic. "Where are you going?"

"I need to go home. I don't live h-"

"May I go with you? I won't be any trouble."

Tony considered, "Yeah. I guess that would be alright."

Genie smiled, "You'll love Uncle Tony's house. It's really tall!"

Tony Tyler laughed and threw Velt the soccer ball they had been playing with. "Come back and play with us."

Lewis pointed at Tony. "Keep two eyes on him. Velt, stay with Tony."

Lance tossed him the universal translator that had been sitting on the table.

Tony caught it and held it in his hand. "Thanks. Need this."

The Doctor added, "Do not wander off."

Velt nodded, "I will be well behaved."

Tony knelt down in front of Velt and took his hand. "Okay. Close your eyes. This will be neat. Say, 'pop'."

Velt closed his eyes and Tony typed something in on his display that appeared on his arm, "Pop."

They disappeared.

Rose laughed and stood up out of the Doctor's lap. "He's really good with him."

Lewis laughed, "What will Pepper say?"

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